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Summary
When Penelope gets married to banker James Elcott, she finds him too preoccupied with work to pay much attention to her, so she robs his bank in disguise.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 60
Audience score64%
IMDb6.2
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 10098Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
1966
November 10, 1966
60 years ago
Genres
ComedyCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightParty VibePartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
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Natalie WoodPenelope
Ian BannenJames B. Elcott
Dick ShawnDr. Gregory Mannix
Peter FalkLt. Horatio Bixbee
Jonathan WintersProfessor Klobb
Lila KedrovaPrincess Sadaba
Lou JacobiDucky
Norma CraneMildred Halliday
Arthur MaletMajor Higgins
Jerome CowanBank Manager
Arlene GolonkaHoneysuckle Rose
Amzie StricklandMiss Serena
Bill GunnSgt. Rothschild
Carl BallantineBoom Boom
Iggie WolfingtonStore Owner
Lewis CharlesMan Carrying Violin Case in Bank (uncredited)- RCRon CharlesTruck Driver (uncredited)
John DaheimBank Guard (uncredited)
Edith EvansonNewsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
Joey FayeSpectator (uncredited)
Fritz FeldPenelope's Dance Partner (uncredited)- JGJames GonzalezExecutive (uncredited)
Lloyd KinoToshi (uncredited)
Philo McCulloughBanker (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Arthur Hiller Director
- Terence Nelson Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- George Wells Screenplay
- Howard Fast Novel
Production · 2
- Joe Pasternak Executive Producer
- Arthur M. Loew Jr. Producer
Camera · 1
- Harry Stradling Sr. Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Rita Roland Editor
Sound · 2
- John Williams Original Music Composer, Songs
- Franklin Milton Sound Recordist
Art · 4
- George W. Davis Art Direction
- Henry Grace Set Decoration
- E. Preston Ames Art Direction
- F. Keogh Gleason Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 4
- Edith Head Costumer, Costume Design
- William Tuttle Makeup Artist
- Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist
- Sugar Blymyer Hairstylist
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